NAURU 1916-23 4d slate-green variety, SG8b Saint Kitts-Nevis stamps Wilkie Collins is regarded as

Wilkie Collins is regarded as one of the finest British novelists and playwrights

Watermark varieties from the Jubilee issue are particularly sought after

A superb unused example with huge margins all round and brilliant vivid colour

A very fine used example with variety raised stop after "R" neatly cancelled by a crisp Aberdeen double ring circular date stamp for NO

the highly influential Disney concept artist who worked on features such as Cinderella and Sleeping beauty

NAURU 1916-23 4d slate-green variety, SG8b Saint Kitts-Nevis stamps Wilkie Collins is regarded asNauru 1916 23 4d slate green, type 1 overprint, DOUBLE OVERPRINT ONE ALBINO (with the albino impression 1mm below the inked overprint, clear on reverse), SG8b. A fine mint example with large part original gum. Minor gum disturbance from hinge removal but, overall fine appearance. A rare printing variety as only one upper pane existed, from 'J17' printing. Provenance: Ex Buckingham (Grosvenor 28 2 2006, lot 825). Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: 225.